Statistics of the Ministry of Iranian Ambassador to Russia Industry, Mine and Trade Kazem Jalali and Russian Showed That Production Volume Presidential Envoy to Afghanistan Of Steel Ingot Registered a Exchanged Views on the Latest 7.5 Percent Growth in the First Regional Developments and Two Months of the Current Year Issues Concerning Afghanistan

VOL. XXVI, No. 7003 TEHRAN Price 40,000 Rials www.irannewsdaily.com SUNDAY JULY 26, 2020 - MORDAD 5, 1399 2 4 8 DOMESTIC 3 DOMESTIC INTERNATIONAL SPORTS Any Criminal Act Iran, Italy to Boom Australia Rejects Nadal Reveals By U.S. to Accelerate Beijing’s South China How He Disconnects Zionist Regime’s End Economic Relations Sea Claims From Tennis > SEE PAGE 2 > SEE PAGE 3 > SEE PAGE 4 > SEE PAGE 8 Iranians Never Era of Judicial No End to U.S. Succumbs to Pressure Hit-And-Run Is Also Over Criminal Acts TEHRAN (IP) - President Hassan Rouhani underlined IRAN NEWS POLITICAL DESK that in these two years and several months of fighting the sanctions and five months of fighting the Coronavirus, TEHRAN – Iran’s ambassador to the International the Iranian nation has shown that they have enough Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Fri. that there strength and power to face and resist the pressures and is no end to the criminal acts of the United States. will never give in. The criminal actions taken by U.S. in threatening lives Speaking on Saturday morning at the session of of ordinary people, ranging from economic terrorism to the National Task Force for Fighting Coronavirus, aviation terrorism, are not over, Kazem Gharibabadi Hassan Rouhani stated: “The Iranian nation added. In his reaction to two U.S. warplanes’ harassment has been facing the dangerous Coronavirus for on an Iranian passenger plane over the Syrian sky, he more than five months and the country has entered called the U.S. government move “unacceptable”. the sixth month. If there are 10 more pressures Gharibabadi called on the international community to which tend to divert people from the right path, stand up against such malicious behaviors and force the people will make every big problem easy United States to behave like a normal country. with cooperation.” “The criminal acts of the United States in threatening the lives Rouhani added that it’s been more than two years and of ordinary people, ranging from economic terrorism to two months that the nation has been dealing with severe aviation terrorism” are not over. Isn’t it time for the international U.S. sanctions and the country has entered the second community to stand united in the face of these acts in violation year and the third month. of U.S. international law, which also threatens international Stressing that very difficult months and years have peace and security, and to force it (United States) to act as a passed for our dear and noble nation, the Iranian normal state? Threatening ordinary people and children and President added, “People have experienced economic women to achieve political goals is the dirtiest kind of politics problems during these years. There have also been that will certainly fail,” he wrote in his Instagram page. debates about the health and well-being of the people, IRAN NEWS NATIONAL DESK In response, spokesperson the U.S. Central Command and social distancing creates social and emotional terrorist organization said a single F-15 had made a problems that people have to endure.” “visual inspection” of the Iranian airliner “in accordance See Page 7 TEHRAN – An official in Iran’s Judiciary says Iran will soon show the U.S. government that the with international standards... to ensure the safety of era judiciary of hit-and-run is also over. coalition personnel” at the military base in al-Tanf. Reacting to the harassment of an Iranian passenger plane by two American fighter jets, the Head of 195 More Iranians Die of the Iranian Judiciary’s High Council for Human Rights slammed it, reiterating that like in the past that Iranian armed forces proved it to the U.S. that the era of hit-and-run is over, Iran’s Judiciary will also Washington Fails COVID-19 in 24 Hours show the American bullies ruling in the White House that the era of Judicial hit-and-run is also over. Ali Baqeri-Kani denounced the dangerous maneuvering by the U.S. warplanes close to the Iranian airliner in IRAN NEWS NATIONAL DESK the Syrian airspace as an example of aerial banditry and a serious threat to global aviation security, saying lack To Isolate Iran of severe action against such an American move would violate international peace and security. TEHRAN - Health Ministry spokeswoman says 195 Denouncing the U.S. government for “systematic rudeness” in breaching international rules and regulations, TEHRAN (MNA) – Former representative of Iran to patients have died of the novel coronavirus in the past he said, “The terrorist CENTCOM’s harassment of the Iranian passenger plane over Syria was in violation of the United Nations said that Iran-China’s cooperation is 24 hours, increasing the overall death toll to 15,484. aviation security, freedom of civilian flights, and the fundamental and basic rules and principles of strategic, and the U.S. has failed to isolate Iran. In her press briefing on Saturday, Sima-Sadat Lari international humanitarian law.” Referring to the various dimensions of Iran-China confirmed 2,316 new cases of COVID-19 infection, Baqeri-Kani also emphasized that the Iranian Judiciary will resort to the domestic legal procedures, such as the 25-Year Cooperation Roadmap, Gholam Ali Khoshroo raising the total number of infections to 288,839. “law on counteraction against the violation of human rights and the U.S.’ adventurist and terrorist measures in called the cooperation a turning point in the relations The spokeswoman said 251,319 patients have so far the region,” to seriously pursue the case against those who ordered, perpetrated, aided and abetted the harassment between the two countries, as well as comprehensive recovered from COVID-19, but 3,670 are still in severe of the Iranian jetliner for the threat of violation of the passengers’ right to life and for the physical and mental development in their relation. conditions of the disease. damages to them. He described the Iran-China 25-Year Cooperation She stressed that so far 2,302,634 COVID-19 tests Prosecution of the violators of public rights will be on the agenda of the Iranian Judiciary at the international Plan as a roadmap for the two countries to use each have been taken across the country. level according to the law, Baqeri-Kani concluded. other’s existing capacities to strengthen and develop As in previous days, she said, the red zones include Two U.S. fighter jets came close to the Mahan Air passenger plane in Syrian airspace on Thursday, causing the bilateral and regional cooperation. See Page 7 Mazandaran, Fars, East Azarbaijan, West Azarbaijan, pilot to quickly change altitude to avoid collision. Khorasan Razavi, Alborz, Khuzestan, Lorestan, A video posted on Friday by Iran’s IRIB news agency showed a jet from the window of a plane and blood on Golestan, Kerman, Zanjan, and Ilam provinces. the face of a passenger – reportedly as a result from an injury sustained during the sudden altitude change. All Must Respect Safety The IRIB initially reported a single Israeli jet had come near the plane but later quoted the pilot as saying there were two jets which identified themselves as American. The pilot of the passenger plane contacted the jet pilots to warn them about keeping a safe distance and the Of Civilian Flights jet pilots identified themselves as American, the IRIB reported. Sokhan Gostar Institute The plane later landed in Beirut, safely evacuating its passengers, some of whom were injured. NEW YORK (Dispatches) - The United Nations, referring to the recent harassment of an Iranian passenger plane by two US warplanes, stressed that all countries must respect the safety of civilian air travel. “As a matter of principle, the safety of civilian air Company to Make Purchases on Iran’s Behalf to Settle Iraq’s $5b Debt travel should be respected by all,” said UN spokesman IRAN NEWS ECONOMIC DESK Stephane Dujarric during a daily press briefing on Friday, when he was asked about the incident. PRIVATE ENGLISH TEHRAN - An Iranian trade official said Friday a company has been established in Iraq which will make purchases On Thursday night, U.S. warplanes operating illegally NEWSPAPER IN IRAN on behalf of the Iranian government to settle Baghdad’s accumulated debts to Iran amounting to $5 billion. in Syrian airspace conducted aggressive maneuvers The secretary-general of the Iran-Iraq chamber of commerce Hamid Hosseini told Fararu website in Tehran that dangerously close to an Iranian Mahan Air flight over the money in question is deposited in Trade Bank of Iraq (TBI). He added that based on a mutual agreement Iran Syria’s al-Tanf region. Dujarric stressed that the world will provide the new company with list of “goods, commodities and raw materials” it needs, and the company will body had no specific information on that incident yet, buy the goods and ship it to Iran. Iraq owes Iran money for gas and electricity and other goods imported from Iran adding that what he said about the safety of civilian air which due to U.S. sanctions cannot be transferred to Iranian banks or the country’s overseas accounts. travel was just a principled position. Iran’s Central Bank Governor Abdolnaser Hemmati after a visit to Iraq on June 17 said an agreement had been “I don’t have any [information], at this point, we don’t reached for the payment of Iraq’s debts by food and medicine exports to Iran. have any specific information on this incident,” he further According to Hamid Hosseini, the money which is currently held in a special account by Trade Bank of Iraq said. “I checked with my colleagues in Montreal at ICAO (TBI) will be used to pay for the “basic commodities” purchased by the newly established company on behalf [International Civil Aviation Organization]. They have Advertisement Department of the Iranian government. Iraq, however, enjoys a U.S. waiver which allows electricity imports from Iran. nothing. They have not received anything as of yet,” 021-44253335-39 Iranian officials have repeatedly spoken about Iraq’s $2 billion debt for gas and electricity imported from Iran. Dujarric added. Tehran has condemned the incident and the Hossein has not disclosed if the $5 billion debt includes the said $2 billion. Civil Aviation Organization of Iran has already said that it www.irannewsdaily.com Iranian officials say Iran’s trade with Iraq amounts to around $12 billion a year but details of the trade between would pursue the matter and file a complaint with the ICAO. [email protected] the two countries has not been announced since the spring of 2019 when Iraq stopped publishing statistical data The Civil Aviation Organization of Iran urged the ICAO to on its foreign trade. During the recent visit of Iraqi Prime Minister Mostafa al-Khadimi to Tehran Hassan immediately address the move, which is a clear violation of @irannewsdaily @irannewsdaily Rouhani reiterated that the volume of the trade between the two countries should increase to $20 billion a year. the international law and aviation standards and regulations. 2 IRAN NEWS DOMESTIC SUNDAY JULY 26, 2020

TEHRAN - A 20% increase in Iran’s exports to Russia over the first three months of the current Iranian calendar year (starting 19 March) shows that coronavirus outbreak has not affected bilateral trade relations, said an official. Chairman of Iran-Russia joint Chamber of Commerce Hadi Tizhoosh Taban said that Iran’s Iran Exports to Russia up 20% Amid Coronavirus exports to Russia increased over 20% growth despite coronavirus outbreak and its impact on economic interactions in the world. Iran is looking after creating a network in 12 southern Russian provinces for improving trade ties, he added referring to creating Iran-Eurasia national office. Any Criminal Act Iran, Senegal Discuss Cooperation By U.S. to Accelerate In Fight Against COVID-19 TEHRAN (MNA) – Iranian envoy to Senegal and Zionist Regime’s End Senegalese minister of health held talks on cooperating with regards to battle the coronavirus global pandemic. TEHRAN (MNA) – Majlis Speaker has reacted to the recent Iranian Ambassador to Senegal Mohammadreza Dehshiri met and held talks with Minister of Health aggressive maneuvering by two U.S. warplanes close to an and Welfare of Republic of Senegal Abdoulaye Iranian airliner over Syria, saying that any misconduct by the Diouf Sarr on Friday. In this bilateral meeting, the two sides exchanged U.S. will lead to a sooner end of the Zionist regime. views about the possibility of establishing medical centers in Iran and Senegal in various In a tweet on Friday, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf said he had been briefed about the The speaker stressed, “Any crime by the Americans, will definitely accelerate the fields of general, specialized, sub-specialized, U.S. terrorists’ misconduct against a Mahan Air’s plane in a telephone conversation humiliating destruction of the arrogant [elements] in the region, especially the sinister dental and laboratory. with the airline’s head. Zionist regime.” The envoy said that Iran is ready to invest and send “The Americans are lying about their routine maneuvering route, and Mahan Air Two U.S. warplanes put the lives of tens of Iranian and Lebanese civilians in specialized medical staff and also medical supplies to pilot had to reduce altitude as he received traffic collision avoidance system (TCAS) danger after conducting dangerous maneuvering near Beirut-bound Mahan Air’s Senegal as well as meet pharmaceutical requirements twice after the two aircraft got too close to the plane,” Qalibaf said. Flight 1152 on Syria’s air on Thursday night. The airliner’s pilot reportedly of this African country in the fight against COVID-19 “The Americans tried to provide the grounds for a possible error in the hope of reduces flight altitude to avoid colliding with the warplanes which has led to according to the international standards. reaching their evil goals,” he said. several injuries among passengers. For his Part, Senegalese minister of health welcomed Iran’s proposal in sharing its experience with Senegal in the fight against coronavirus. Army Produces It was decided that a Memorandum of Iran Not to Retaliate in Kind for Understanding should be formulated within the All Military framework of the 5th Joint Commission between the Equipment Domestically U.S.’ Harassment of Passenger Plane two countries subsequently. TEHRAN (IFP) - A senior Iranian official says the Islamic He said the harassment of a passenger plane is an Republic has no intention of retaliating in kind for the harassment unlawful act and runs counter to international regulations. of an Iranian airliner by two US warplanes in Syrian airspace. “No one has the right to jeopardize the safety of Mohsen Baharvand said on Saturday the US act was an airplanes of a country intentionally,” he said, adding, unlawful move, and retaliation in kind is not necessarily the “The United States’ militarism has put international U.S., Israeli Worry About Iran response to such an act. “Two bad moves will not necessarily peace and security in danger.” lead to a good result,” said Baharvand, the deputy Iranian “It is no honor for a modern jet fighter to harass and foreign minister for legal and international affairs. imperil the safety of a defenseless civilian plane “If the U.S. military has committed such an act against carrying defenseless men, women and children as Influence in Middle East a civilian airplane, the Iranian Armed Forces will not passengers,” he said. TEHRAN (ILNA) - A former Iranian Foreign endanger the lives of innocent individuals simply Elsewhere in his remarks, he touched upon the illegal Ministry spokesman has said the US and Israeli because of Washington’s unlawful act,” he said. presence of the U.S. military in Syria. officials are concerned about Iran’s influence in “While being brave and sturdy, our armed forces “This incident happened in the skies over Syria, the Middle East. abide by professional, ethical and human principles, which, itself, is one of the victims of the US militarism,” Ramin Mehmanparast, also a former ambassador to IRAN NEWS NATIONAL DESK and this is the difference between us and powers which he said. Poland, said that U.S. and Israeli officials feel that their try to settle all their issues through bullying,” he noted. “Basically, the presence of American aircraft in that plans for the region have no result. TEHRAN - Deputy Coordinator of the Islamic Republic “Their main support base is material power devoid of area is an illegal act and seen as a violation of the UN Referring to the recent incidents to Mahan Air of Iran’s Army, Rear Admiral Sayyari said that all morality,” said the top official. Charter,” he said. passenger plane, the ex-diplomat added “In order to military parts and equipment needed in Iran’s Army are keep the Islamic Republic of Iran away from the manufactured domestically. region, they do not even hesitate to threaten our A very high percentage of Iran’s Army military passenger planes.” equipment is domestically manufactured, Habibollah FDI at $2.1b in Industrial Parks by Last Year Former Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Sayyari added. Speaking in his visit to Shahid Borhan Mehmanparast said that they shaped the biggest Industrial Company, affiliated to Iran’s Army Ground TEHRAN (MNA) – The official statistics of the Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade revealed the attraction of $2.1 billion anti-human terrorist movement in our region; we will Force, on Sat., he pointed to the high capability and worth of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Iran’s industrial parks up to the end of last year (March 20, 2020). not forget the crimes committed by Daesh group (ISIS) potential of experts in this unit in the field of In the same period, some 231 foreign investors made investment in Iran’s industrial parks and areas, based on in Iraq and Syria. confronting the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, and which, 19,862 employment opportunities were generated through FDI in these areas. Mehmanparast pointed to the next presidential stated, “production volume of disinfectants and face These statistics show that the government has thrown its weight behind Small- and Medium-Sized election and confirmed “US presidential election is masks are constantly monitored in this unit.” Enterprises (SMEs) before the termination of last year (ended March 20, 2020). fast approaching, and Trump is not in a strong Various types of disinfectants and face masks are Accordingly, 1,100 industrial and production units are busy active in country’s industrial parks and areas with the position due to his failed policies in the regional and produced in this industrial unit, he said, adding, “in annual export value of $12.640 billion at large. In this line, a number of 62 Export Management Company domestic sectors, including the fight against addition to meeting requirements of Army’s Ground (EMC) were identified in country’s industrial parks with $236 million exports value, in which, 72 export coronavirus, as well as the racist debate that he and Force, this industrial unit is able to meet demands of consortia were also established with $352 million worth of exports annually. his friends have supported.” other Armed Forces of the country optimally.” Another statistic indicates that 23 Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) were inked between Small and Medium-Sized He added that so Washington is trying to divert the Elsewhere in his remarks, Sayyari pointed to Enterprises (SMEs) and various countries in order to develop and enhance international cooperation. public opinion from realities. domestic manufacturing of military equipment as one Supporting presence of 41,631 industrial units to take part in prestigious domestic and international exhibitions, of the components of deterrent power and reiterated, dispatching 176 expert managers of industrial units to Germany for getting familiarity with market of this “today, Iran’s Army does not have anything to be European country, finding new target markets, establishing a long-term tie with German firms, etc. are of the other produced abroad while a very high percentage of the salient measures taken by the government in this field. Army’s equipment is domestically produced.” Turning to Iran’s Army cooperation with the Ministry Iran Urged to Give a Crushing of Health and Medical Education in the field of dealing with coronavirus, COVID-19, he said, “since the Diplomat Advises Waiting for Details of Iran-China Agreement beginning of outbreak of coronavirus in the country, we TEHRAN (IRNA) - Deputy Foreign Minister for The draft agreement, its release and whether it will Response to U.S. Terrorist Act wrote a letter to the health minister, saying that Iran’s Economic Affairs Gholamreza Ansari advised waiting remain as a cooperation document or it will become TEHRAN (MNA) – A member of Parliament’s Army is ready to cooperate and collaborate with the for details of Iran-China draft agreement, saying that air an agreement depend on the context of negotiations, Presiding Board said that the Parliament should ministry in line with containing the disease.” flights to China have been cancelled due to lockdown in he noted. give a decisive response to the recent U.S. terrorist To date, more than 12,000 personnel of Army’s forces the aftermath of coronavirus pandemic, so that In response to a question whether Iran will have such act in harassing Iran Air’s Mahan in its flight over are cooperating with the Health Ministry in the fight negotiations on long-term political and economic an agreement with other countries like Russia or India, Syrian sky. against coronavirus, he said, adding, “accordingly, we cooperation agreement with China was postponed. Ansari said that naturally the Foreign Ministry suggests Seyed Nasser Mousavi Largani in an interview said could control the disease at garrisons throughout the Ansari said that draft document for comprehensive to create more certain ground with other countries to that the Iranian Parliament will not remain silent in the country appropriately.” Iran-China cooperation will be finalized as soon as possible. develop ties and economic cooperation. face of the US terrorist act. He pointed to the harassment of an Iranian airliner by two U.S. warplanes and added, “certainly, the criminal act of the United States will not go Iran-Uzbekistan Stress on Developing Road Transport Ties unanswered and the Islamic Republic of Iran will TEHRAN (IP) - Stressing on developing road transportation, Iran-Uzbekistan bilateral The Deputy Minister of Roads and Urban Development of Iran stated,” In the give a decisive response to the heinous move taken meeting on Joint Road Transport Committee was held in the presence of the Deputy framework of multilateral cooperation, the two countries have good cooperation in by the U.S. which is against the law and in clear Minister of Roads and Urban Development of Iran, the Deputy Minister of Transport the field of Ashgabat Agreement and Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), violation of international law.” and the Ambassador of the Republic of Uzbekistan in Tehran and the representative of it will also pave the way for further cooperation, using the capacity of the Chabahar The Iranian nation considers the U.S. government a the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Tashkent via video conference. Agreement to access the high seas of the Indian Ocean.” criminal. Americans have always had a temperament of Referring to Coronavirus outbreak in the world, Deputy Minister of Roads and Meanwhile Uzbekistan Deputy Minister of Transport Davron Dekhkanov, stressed domination and aggression and do not give up their Urban Development of Iran Mr. Abdolhashem Hassannia said, “development of Iran- the importance of holding the meeting to resolve transport issues between the two malicious behavior, he highlighted. Uzbekistan economic cooperation has always been of importance for senior officials countries, saying: “Due to some problems in road transport routes, we have replaced He pointed to a statement of the Leader of the of the two countries.” other routes, which is hopeful. As a result of holding these meetings, more suitable Islamic Revolution, saying that the era of hit and run Deputy Minister of Roads and Urban Development of Iran said that Iran is ready to conditions should be provided for the development of transportation relations.” has ended and emphasized, “Cowardly harassment develop cooperation in knowledge-based transfer and experience, maintenance of Adding Iran-Uzbekistan are cooperating in the form of several bilateral and multilateral of a passenger plane means nothing more than state roads and facilities, and intelligent transportation systems. He added, “Road transport agreements in the road transport field, the Uzbek official said resolving issues in this area terrorism, and the United States must wait for a relations between the two countries are in good condition and growing.” will certainly have a significant impact on increasing the development of transport ties. response to this barbaric act.” SUNDAY JULY 26, 2020 DOMESTIC IRAN NEWS 3

Noon (Zohr) 13:10 Evening (Maghreb) 20:33 57. “And by Allah, I have a plan for your idols - after ye go away and turn your backs”.. PRAYER TIME 58. So he broke them to pieces, (all) but the biggest of them, that they might turn Tomorrow’s Dawn (Fajr) 04:30 (and address themselves) to it. Surah 21. The Prophets ( 57 - 58 ) Tomorrow’s Sunrise 06:09

Iran, Italy Pandemic Hits Iran’s Exports To Turkey, China and India To Boom Economic IRAN NEWS ECONOMIC DESK TEHRAN - The outbreak of Coronavirus has been the major factor in slump in Iran’s exports to Turkey, China Relations and India in the first five months of 2020. According to reports, Iran’s exports to Turkey in the first five months of 2020 have declined by 87.1% due IRAN NEWS ECONOMIC DESK to the pandemic and closure of borders. The report reiterates that Iran’s imports and exports have been seriously hit by the pandemic and they are facing a serious challenge because most of borders with neighboring TEHRAN - The think tank European House - Ambrosetti in countries are close or half-closed and it has led to decline in partnership with the Italian Embassy in Tehran and the Tehran’s the volume of trade. This happens while this year has been named as Year of Surge in Production and one of the factors Chamber of Commerce - hosted today a virtual Business Forum on While appreciating the commitment and professionalism by Iranian private in surge in production is the increase of non-oil exports. “Economic relations between Italy and Iran in the current context: sector, he pointed out the deep historical ties existing between the two Countries The statistics show drastic fall in exports in the first as well as the significant number of Italian companies who over the years have five months comparing to the same period in 2019. non-oil sectors, SMEs’ role, EU support”. built strong relationships in Iran and look forward to the opportunity of Although there is a sign of rise in oil products, the total advancing their cooperation. volume of exports has fallen by 3.4 percent. More than 800 Italian and Iranian representatives from the private sector, business On his part, the Chairman of Tehran’s Chamber of Commerce, Masoud The trade with Turkey has been seriously hit due to consultants and professionals attended the online event, aimed at discussing avenues Khansari, encouraged participants to bet on Iran’s important economic potential the pandemic, and exports to India and China have for economic cooperation, building on a longstanding tradition of friendly relations and to develop effective partnerships, including by seizing the opportunities also been affected by the virus. and vibrant economic bonds between Italy and Iran. available in the broader region. The online event offered participants the opportunity to analyze the current Khansari also recognized the special role Italy has always played as a key economic context and lay the premises for increased cooperation. Furthermore, a partner to the Iranian private sector in trade and investment activities, special virtual B2B session was held where participants established direct contact, wishing that Italian companies continue to be a reference point for their with a view to exploring options for further cooperation and exchange. Iranian counterparts. Pipelines of 2nd Stage of Phase 13 In his opening remarks the Italian Ambassador in Tehran, Giuseppe Perrone, The event also included a presentation by experts from the European Union, of new highlighted Italy’s wish to bring economic and trade relations with Iran back tools made available at the EU level to facilitate trade relations between European Of S. Pars Ready for Exploitation on a positive trajectory. companies and Iranian ones. IRAN NEWS ECONOMIC DESK

TEHRAN – The operator of Phase 13 of South Pars MSC Hailed for Sustainable Power Network Reinforcing Water Supply From announced the end of operation for pre-launch and launch of pipelines of IRAN NEWS NATIONAL DESK Isfahan Water Treatment Plant platforms A13 and C13 in the South Pars gas field. ISFAHAN – The managing director of Isfahan Regional Electric Company (IREC) by sending a letter of appreciation to According to Pars Oil and Gas Company (POGC), Mobarakeh Steel Company hailed the company’s cooperation with the IREC in managing and reducing its electricity Payam Motamed pointed to the installation of main consumption in its production lines in order to avoid any electricity outage happening in the province. platform A13 and satellite platform C13 in March, Rasoul Mousa Rezaei in his letter of appreciation said the national electricity network has faced with electricity production due 2019, as well as launching the offshore pipelines to the significant rise in consumption because of the summer heat. He added that for this reason, the company had to use all B13 and D13, adding that after evacuating water, capacities of its industrial subscribers in order to pass the peak time of consumption, and fortunately Mobarakeh Steel Company drying and deoxygenation in intra 18 and 23 inch like the past years had very effective cooperation with the company by reducing its consumption despite its great need in its pipelines in the second stage of Phase 13 of South Pars production lines, and this assistance helped the IREC to manage electricity supply to its subscribers and to avoid power outage. with a length around 100 kilometers, these lines Mousa Rezaei in his letter expressed his gratitude to MSC for its assistance to the company for passing the peak consumption behind. have been completed and are ready to transfer enriched gas to the onshore refinery with capacity of IRAN NEWS NATIONAL DESK one billion cubic feet per day. Motamed noted that all these activities have been PERMIT NO : 1399.2022 ISFAHAN – Deputy for Water Exploitation done by Iranian contractors, adding that this important SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT and Development of Isfahan Province Water achievement is one of the honors of this project which and Wastewater Company says by was achieved amid the pandemic and through observing implementing the 12.3-kilometer-long water all health protocols and social distancing. transfer pipeline from Shirkhaneh in Currently some 1b cubic feet of gas is exploited from CALL FOR PUBLIC TENDER Najafabad to the water distribution control the first stage of Phase 13 of South Pars which is sent center of the city of Isfahan in Felman, the to the onshore refinery in Kangan. The refinery was capacity for water supply to the towns which inaugurated in March 2019 with the capacity for (FIRST/SECOND PUBLISH)ONE STAGES TENDER are under coverage of Great Isfahan’s water processing 56m cubic meters of sour gas and strategic Subject of Tender: treatment plant will be reinforced. hydro carbonic products. Naser Akbari said that since early April till Tender No. Description now, six kilometers of the water transfer FP/12-99/058 P/F “VARCO” TOP DRIVE pipeline with 1400 millimeters of diameter and Tender descriptions: with the cost over 35b tomans has been carried Registration No. through national Tender No. Estimated value out while it is predicted that for the remaining The Tender holder KSC Sets 14 Records electronic tendering system /Indent No. (Rial) six kilometers of the project, the company Tender No. :FP/12-99/058 National Iranian Drilling Company 10,603,765 1,625,000,000 needs 70b tomans of budget. Indent No.:08-22-9845172 He reiterated that by implementing the For Consecutive Melting project, some 300 liters per second of water IRAN NEWS ECONOMIC DESK Qualitative evaluation of tenderers will be added to the water transfer capacity Qualification process will be done in plain mode in offers opening session according to presentation of valid practice from Ashtarjan Tunel to Isfahan. Akbari also TEHRAN – Tireless staff of the Method certificate / legal documents (certificate of corporation/ supply announcement up to latest changes) which should be related added that currently, the ultimate water steel-making unit No.2 of Khorasan Steel to tender subject. transfer capacity from Isfahan’s First System Complex Company set new records and is around 11.5 cubic meters per second while they registered another success in saving Purchasing & Submitting the water demand in the province in its peak consuming materials and improving hours of consumption is around 15.5 cubic productivity in this unit. The distribution of the documents will be started one day after the publishing of second advertisement and ended on the following tenth day thereof (10 AUG 2020 ) meters per second. According to the public relations of the company, head He pointed to the capacity for provision of Tender Hall No.:113, 1st floor, Foreign Procurement Dept., National Iranian Drilling Company, Airport square, Ahwaz, of exploitation of Khorasan Steel Complex Company Distribution Place Document IRAN 061-34148660 drinking water in the province, adding that in announced that the steel-making unit No. 2 of the Distribution by the summer, some 11.5 cubic meters per Company • Submitting one original Bank Fund Receipt in the amount of 190,000 Iranian Rials under account number company set 14 new records in consecutive melting. 4001114004020491(Shaba No. IR 520100004001114004020491) in name of “NIDC Incomes Centralized Fund” issued by Submitting Method second of water from the First System in Eng. Zare hailed the efforts of staff of all sections of I.R. of Iran Central Bank. Isfahan as well as some 1.5 cubic meters per • Submitting format Request for the purpose of receiving Tender Documents. the steel-making unit No.2 for their success and second of water from other resources like expressed hope in the year of surge in production, this Closing date • 35 Days after the last time of Purchasing. (19 SEP 2020 ) Documents Felman wells or other wells are provided and positive trend of production in the company would Receiving Method Hall No. 107, 1stfloor, Tender Committee, Operation building, National Iranian Drilling Company, Airport ultimately the capacity for drinking water Address continue through team work and empathy. square, Ahwaz, IRAN. Tel: +98-61-34148580 +98-61-34148569 supply in Isfahan Province will reach 13 He noted that staff of the casting section in the unit Tender Guarantee cubic meters per second. No.2 succeeded in ingot casting of 14 consecutive Akbari admitted that during the peak hours, Value of guarantee 1,625,000,000 Rial / 11.026 Euro Regarding Tender No FP/12-99/058 melting in one sequence. the company faces with shortage of 2.5 cubic Meanwhile head of casting section of the steel-making Bank guarantees or guarantees issued by non-bank institutions that obtain activity license from the central bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Type of guarantee Submitting one original Bank Fund Receipt under account number 4001114006376636 (Shaba No. IR 350100004001114006376636) in name of “NIDC meters per second of drinking water to supply unit No.2 delved into details of the success, adding that saving account” by the central bank of Islamic Republic of Iran. its subscribers but due to measures and the unit succeeded in setting new record of Duration of credit & quotation Tender Guarantee and quotation should be valid for 90 days and extendable maximum for one time in initial validity duration. management in consumption, this shortage is 14 consecutive melting to improve its former record comparatively covered. which was 13. (Foreign Procurement Dept.) He reiterated the implementation of Eng. Rastgoo added that this success achieved while water transfer pipeline with 1400 the unit saved significant amount of consuming More of this & other tenders are accessible by click on: www.nidc.ir http://sapp.ir/nidc_ pr millimeters of diameter can reinforce the materials and boosted its productivity. water supply to Isfahan. He added that the new record was set in just 11 hours. 4 IRAN NEWS INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY JULY 26, 2020

Chinese Researcher Takes Refuge in San Trump Eases Controls Francisco Consulate in U.S. Custody On Armed Drone Exports WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Chinese researcher who took refuge from WASHINGTON (AFP) - The Trump administration moved Friday to ease U.S. authorities at China’s consulate in San Francisco is now in American controls on exports of armed drones, saying that allies need U.S. custody and is expected to appear in court on Monday, U.S. Justice technology and that other countries outside of a non-proliferation pact Department officials said. were taking over the market. According to court filings in U.S. District Court in San Francisco this week, Juan Tang, who worked at the The White House announced that President Donald Trump had approved a move to diverge partly from the 1987 University of California, Davis, falsely claimed on her visa application that she had not served in the Chinese Missile Technology Control Regime, in which 35 countries agreed to restrict the sales of unmanned weapons military. She was charged with visa fraud on June 26. delivery systems. The Chinese embassy did not respond to a request for comment on the case. The MTCR was aimed at controlling the spread of missiles that could deliver large payload like nuclear weapons. Australia Rejects Beijing’s Thousands of South China Sea Claims Hungarians March For Media Freedom BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Thousands of Hungarians marched towards Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s office on Friday in protest at perceived government attacks on media freedoms, as anger built at the sacking of the chief editor of the country’s leading independent news website. Earlier in the day, three editors at Index.hu and more than 80 journalists - almost its entire staff - resigned over what they called an “open attempt to exert pressure” on the site after its owner refused to reinstate Szabolcs Dull. Dull’s dismissal has increased concern that Orban’s nationalist government, in power for over a decade, is intensifying efforts to muzzle critical voices. “We are not necessarily here because we liked Index but we are now at a point where accessing information is jeopardised,” said protester Istvan, 30, among the large crowd that set out from U.S., Russia to Hold First Space Security Talks Since 2013 Index’s headquarters to Orban’s office in Buda Castle. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and Russia next week will Foreign Minister Peter conduct their first formal, bilateral talks on space security since 2013, Szijjarto said his government following a U.S. allegation that Russia tested a space-based anti-satellite was facing “untrue accusations” weapon this month, a U.S. official said on Friday. with respect to threats to media Washington hopes to promote norms of responsible behavior in outer space, freedoms. “How would the the U.S. assistant secretary of State for international security and state intervene in the decisions nonproliferation, Christopher Ford, said, calling for greater stability, of a media which is privately predictability and crisis management tools. owned?,” he told a news A U.S. State Department spokesman said the talks would take place Monday conference on Thursday during in Vienna. a visit to Portugal. Ford told reporters the United States believed Russia and China have already Index, which about a month turned space into “a war-fighting domain,” noting the U.S. Space Command ago set its self-styled has said it has evidence that Russia tested a space-based anti-satellite weapon “independence barometer” to “in on July 15. danger” to signal what it saw as “What they’re doing is signaling to the world that they’re able to destroy outside attempts to influence its SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia has rejected Beijing’s territorial and maritime claims in the South China Sea satellites in orbit with other satellites, it would appear. That is a very disturbing, content, is by far the largest in a formal declaration to the United Nations, aligning itself more closely with Washington in the provocative, dangerous and ill-advised thing for them to be doing,” Ford said. media organisation that is critical escalating row. “We hope that we can convey that message to them and work on a better way of the government. In a statement filed on Thursday, Australia said there was “no legal basis” to several disputed Chinese for countries to show appropriate restraint and responsible behavior in orbit, “Index was the last outlet that claims in the sea including those related to the construction of artificial islands on small shoals and reefs. because this is the sort of thing that could get out of hand and go very badly bothered the government to this “Australia rejects China’s claim to ‘historic rights’ or ‘maritime rights and interests’ as established in the rather quickly in the future,” Ford added. extent,” Peter Uj, who co-founded ‘long course of historical practice’ in the South China Sea,” the declaration read. He declined to name who will lead the U.S. team or to address whether U.S. Index in 1999, told Reuters. He quit “There is no legal basis for China to draw straight baselines connecting the outermost points of maritime and Russian officials next week might discuss a possible replacement for the in 2011 because of increasing features or ‘island groups’ in the South China Sea, including around the ‘Four Sha’ or ‘continental’ or 2010 New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), which caps U.S. pressure from Orban’s Fidesz party. ‘outlying’ archipelagos.” and Russian deployed strategic nuclear weapons warheads at 1,550 each. “Less conspicuously, the The declaration comes after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared Beijing’s pursuit of territory and The U.S. special presidential envoy for arms control, Marshall Billingslea, system gobbled up not only resources in the South China Sea told reporters after June 22 arms titles but also ... ad agencies... as illegal, explicitly backing the control talks with Russian Deputy The government controls territorial claims of Southeast Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov in three-quarters of the advertising Asian countries against China’s. U.S. Charges 18 Portland Protesters Vienna that further talks were possible market one way or another,” Beijing claims almost all of the in late July or early August. he said. “This is a state market.” South China Sea based on a PORTLAND (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors on Friday are stationed in Seattle to protect federal properties so-called nine-dash line, a vague unveiled charges against 18 Portland, Oregon and the work done in those buildings. delineation from maps dating protesters ranging from assaulting police to arson and “Let’s not let the violence that has marred the back to the 1940s. trespassing, a day after the Trump administration Portland protests damage peaceful movements here The latest escalation comes ahead expanded the deployment of tactical police to Seattle. for a more just society,” Moran said. “My hope is our More Than 40 Countries of annual talks between Australia The arrests came this week during clashes with community will speak with one voice to discourage and the United States, with specially equipped federal police agents sent to those who seek to hijack peaceful protests with ministers travelling to Washington Portland, where 56 straight days of antiracism damage and destruction.” Accuse North Korea of for the first time since Australian demonstrations have captured national attention. The Trump administration has also sent federal borders were closed due to the The federal forces have drawn criticism from Democrats police to Chicago, Kansas City and Albuquerque over coronavirus pandemic. and civil liberties groups who allege excessive force and the objections of those mayors. The meetings come at a “critical federal overreach by President Donald Trump. Trump, who is running for re-election on Nov. 3 in Breaching U.N. Sanctions time” and it is essential they are The deployment of federal officers has also drawn part on a campaign of law and order, has threatened to NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than 40 countries accused North Korea on held face-to-face, Foreign the scrutiny of the Justice Department inspector deploy federal forces in more cities run by Democratic Friday of illicitly breaching a United Nations cap on refined petroleum Minister Marise Payne and general, who announced an investigation of their use mayors, who he accuses of being soft on crime. imports and called for an immediate halt to deliveries until the end of the Defence Minister Linda Reynolds of force, and prompted a federal judge to issue a The Portland team of tactically equipped, year, according to a complaint seen by Reuters. said in a statement on Saturday. temporary order limiting their use of force and camouflaged officers fired tear gas canisters at Black The 15-member U.N. Security Council imposed an annual cap of 500,000 barrels in U.S. relations with China have blocking them from arresting journalists and legal Lives Matter demonstrators in central Portland early December 2017 in a bid to cut off fuel for North Korea’s nuclear weapons and ballistic markedly deteriorated in recent observers of street protests. on Friday, taking on a policing role typically reserved missile programs. But in a complaint to the U.N. Security Council North Korea months, especially over trade The Trump administration sent a tactical team to for local law enforcement. sanctions committee, 43 countries - including the United States, Britain and disputes, the coronavirus Seattle on Thursday in anticipation of protests this “I made clear to Acting Secretary (Chad) Wolf that France - said they estimated that in the first five months of this year Pyongyang had pandemic and Beijing’s crackdown weekend despite the objections of the Seattle mayor deployments in Seattle - like we have seen in Portland imported more than 1.6 million barrels of refined petroleum via 56 illicit tanker deliveries. on dissent in Hong Kong. and Washington state governor, who warned of a - would undermine public safety and break community The complaint said North Korean vessels continue to conduct ship-to-ship On Friday, Beijing ordered the Portland-like escalation of tensions. trust,” Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan said on Twitter transfers at sea “on a regular basis as the DPRK’s primary means of U.S. consulate in Chengdu to shut U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington late on Thursday, referring to the acting secretary of importing refined petroleum.” North Korea’s formal name is the Democratic in retaliation for the closure of its Brian Moran said in a statement that federal agents Homeland Security. People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). Houston mission over accusations The countries asked the Security Council sanctions committee to make an official of being a hub for intellectual determination that North Korea had exceeded the cap and “inform member states property theft. that they must immediately cease selling, supplying, or transferring refined Payne and Reynolds also penned petroleum products to the DPRK for the remainder of the year.” Similar requests to an article in The Australian the committee in 2018 and 2019 were blocked by North Korean allies Russia and newspaper on Saturday, labelling China. They are also the only two countries to have formally reported deliveries of national security legislation refined petroleum to the Security Council sanctions committee. imposed on Hong Kong last “China and Russia collectively have reported 106,094.17 barrels of month as “sweeping and vague”. refined petroleum product transfers ... January through May,” the complaint “We face a public health crisis, said. “The official accounting of the DPRK’s imports vastly underrepresents economic upheaval and resurgent the volume of refined petroleum products that actually enter the DPRK.” authoritarian regimes using The 43 countries also urged the committee to call on states to coercion in a bid to gain power “immediately exercise enhanced vigilance regarding the DPRK attempting and influence at the expense of to procure additional refined petroleum products and to prevent illicit ship- our freedoms and sovereignty,” to-ship transfers of refined petroleum products to vessels owned, controlled, they wrote. or acting on behalf of or working in cooperation with the DPRK.” SUNDAY JULY 26, 2020 PROMOTIONAL ITEM IRAN NEWS 5 6 IRAN NEWS INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY JULY 26, 2020

GENEVA (Reuters) - A World Trade Organization (WTO) panel on Friday largely upheld a complaint brought by Russia against European Union anti-dumping measures, the third such ruling lost by the bloc. The panel found that the EU “cost adjustment” methodology for calculating dumping margins WTO Largely Upholds Russia’s Case Against EU in the case violates WTO anti-dumping rules, particularly regarding prices for energy inputs. But it rejected claims that the EU’s framework anti-dumping regulation, known as “the basic regulation”, breaks WTO rules.

Turkish Economy To Shrink in 2020, Recover Next Year ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey’s economy is expected to contract this year for the first time in more than a decade as the coronavirus pandemic and related restrictions hit demand, but will bounce back next year, according to a Reuters poll published on Friday. The median forecast in a July 21-23 survey of 42 economists in and outside the country was for a contraction of 4.3% in 2020, with drops in the second and third quarters of 12.2% and 3.1% respectively. But the Turkish economy is expected to grow next year by 4.5%, according to the median forecast. EU Calls on U.S. to Lift “We are seeing a U-shaped recovery in the Turkish economy right now ... However, the uncertainties about a possible second wave of the outbreak necessitates a cautious approach Tariffs in Plane Dispute to these economic recovery scenarios,” said Enver Erkan, economist at Tera Yatirim. There are downside risks to growth next year, Erkan said, adding that tensions between the PARIS (AFP)- The EU called Friday on the United States to lift tariffs imposed in a long-running dispute over aircraft subsidies after United States and China will have an impact too. “I am not saying everything will be alright Airbus said it had brought itself into compliance with World Trade Organization rulings. in 2021, we will be in a process of changing back,” he said. The government had forecast 5% The billions of dollars in tariffs, which apply to a wide range of food and agricultural goods in addition to planes, have been even economic growth this year before the coronavirus outbreak and has since maintained the more burdensome due to the economic disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic. economy could still grow this year, following a robust 4.5% expansion in the first quarter. Airbus said Friday it had reached agreement with the French and Spanish governments that raises the interest rates on funds provided But economic activity declined sharply in the second quarter as Ankara shut schools and to help develop its long-haul A350 jet to levels the WTO considers appropriate. some businesses, closed borders and adopted weekend lockdowns to slow the spread of the The European Commission said this removes any grounds for the U.S. to maintain tariffs imposed on EU exports under WTO rulings as coronavirus. It has started taking steps to re-open the economy since June. well as making a strong case for a rapid settlement of the dispute. Turkey’s economy last contracted on an annual basis in 2009, by 4.7%. From 2010 to 2018, “Unjustified tariffs on European products are not acceptable and, arising from the compliance in the Airbus case, we insist that the its average growth rate was more than 5% thanks mainly to a construction boom driven by United States lifts these unjustified tariffs immediately,” EU trade commissioner Phil Hogan said in a statement. cheap capital following the global financial crisis. An epic legal battle between Airbus and Boeing at the WTO began in 2004 when Washington accused Britain, France, Germany and A currency crisis in 2018 was set off by concerns over central bank independence and tensions Spain of providing illegal subsidies and grants to support the production of a range of Airbus products. between Ankara and Washington. That led to three straight quarters of economic contraction and A year later, the EU alleged that Boeing had received $19.1 billion worth of prohibited subsidies from 1989 to 2006 from various a modest annual growth rate of 0.9% last year. Since last year, the central bank has cut rates to branches of the US government. The two cases were then tangled up in a legal quagmire, with each side being given partial vindication 8.25% from 24%, at first to pull the economy out a recession and later to counter the impact of after a long series of appeals and counter appeals. In 2019 the the coronavirus pandemic. WTO authorised the U.S. to impose up to 100 percent in taxes In the poll, economists predicted the central bank would on $7.5 billion of European goods, its biggest ever penalty. EU States Urged to Immediately Diversify 5G Suppliers cut its policy rate to 8.00% by the end of this year. Washington then slapped 25 percent tariffs on a number of It has bought up government debt at record levels EU goods including wine, cheese and olives. BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU countries must take urgent action to diversify their 5G suppliers, the European since the end of March in the face of the outbreak. A 10 percent tariff on Airbus planes was increased to 15 percent Commission said on Friday, a move set to shrink Huawei’s presence in Europe as the United States Economists have said the bond buying scheme and use in March, which also affects US airlines which buy Airbus pressured the bloc to follow Britain and ban the Chinese company from 5G networks. of reserves to boost the Turkish lira have left the central aircraft, as the manufacturer points out. In June the U.S. In November last year, the European Union agreed to take a tough line on 5G suppliers to reduce cybersecurity bank with less room to manoeuvre. threatened to levy tariffs on another $3.1 billion in EU goods as risks to next-generation mobile networks, seen as key to boosting economic growth and competitiveness. “(The central bank moves) bears the risk of raising inflation, it has been authorized to do under a WTO ruling. The strategy included reducing countries’ and telecoms operators’ dependency on one supplier. further deteriorating investor confidence and triggering Airbus said the impact of those tariffs plus the coronavirus World No. 1 telecoms equipment maker Huawei competes with Finland’s Nokia and Sweden’s Ericsson. another balance-of-payments crisis,” Allianz said in a note. pandemic were the reason it was making the effort to resolve the While some progress has been made, a lot of work needs to be done, the Commission said. “Progress is urgently Allianz predicts Turkey will return to its pre-crisis level dispute. “The tariffs imposed by the United States Trade needed to mitigate the risk of dependency on high-risk suppliers, also with a view to reducing dependencies at of GDP in mid-2022. Inflation, which has hovered around Representative (USTR) are currently harming all targeted (European) Union level,” the EU executive said, reporting on the progress made by the 27 EU countries. 12% the last few months, was expected to decline to 10.2% industry sectors, including US airlines, and are adding to a very “Challenges have been identified in designing and imposing appropriate multi-vendor strategies for by the end of the year and to 9.9% by the end of 2021. difficult environment as a consequence of the COVID-19 crisis,” individual MNOs (mobile network operator) or at national level due to technical or operational difficulties,” The current account balance, which recorded a rare the firm said. it said, citing the lack of interoperability or the size of the country as some of the problems. surplus last year as the economy slowed, has since Airbus said Friday that it “considers itself in complete In addition to Britain, France is also adopting a de facto ban on Huawei, sources told Reuters earlier this returned to a deficit. The deficit is expected to stand at compliance with all WTO rulings” after increasing the interest week. The United States says the Shenzen-based company’s gear could be used by China for spying, an 2.3% of GDP this year and next, according to the poll. rate paid on the government funds it received. The low interest accusation rejected by Huawei. EU officials said phasing out high-risk suppliers and additional costs will not rates on these funds were one of the arguments the US made derail the roll out of 5G across the bloc and that Ericsson and Nokia will be able to cope with the demand. that the EU was improperly subsidizing Airbus. “If you look at the situation worldwide, Nokia and Ericsson have a large part of the world market in terms “After 16 years of litigation at the World Trade of contracts signed worldwide on deployment of 5G. The two combined have certainly more than 50% to France Pledges €15m to Lebanese Organization, this is the final step to stop the 60%, 65%. I think that two European suppliers can provide what is needed not only for Europe but also for long-standing dispute and removes any justification for a large part of the world,” one of the officials said. Schools Crippled by Crisis U.S. tariffs,” said Airbus. In addition to there no longer being a justification for the tariffs, the EU believes that in light of the global recession triggered by the coronavirus pandemic it makes sense to resolve the dispute. “Especially under the Malaysia in $3.9b Settlement With Goldman Over 1MDB current economic circumstances, the EU believes that it is in the mutual interest of the EU and the U.S. to discontinue damaging tariffs that KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Malaysia reached a in a fraud that allegedly involved former leader unnecessarily burden our industries and agricultural sectors,” the $3.9 billion settlement with Goldman Sachs Najib Razak and his cronies. Commission statement said. Friday over the Wall Street titan’s role in the Goldman’s role came under scrutiny over Hogan noted a WTO decision is expected soon that could give the EU 1MDB scandal in exchange for the country bond issues totalling $6.5 billion it helped the right to impose tariffs against the United States. ending all criminal proceedings against the bank. arranged for the fund, with Malaysia claiming “In the absence of a settlement, the EU will be ready to fully avail itself Billions of dollars were looted from sovereign large amounts were misappropriated during of its own sanction rights,” he warned. wealth fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad the process. Malaysia and the bank had been locked in PARIS (Dispatches) - France’s visiting foreign long-running talks, and the country’s finance minister on Friday pledged €15 million ($17 million) ministry announced a breakthrough had in aid to Lebanon’s schools, which have been hit hard Euro Zone Businesses Bounce Back in July finally been achieved. by the country’s economic meltdown. LONDON (Reuters) - Euro zone business activity grew in July for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic hit, as more parts The settlement comprises a cash payment of France will not abandon Lebanese youth, Foreign of the economy that were locked down to curtail its spread reopened and people emerged from their homes to work and spend money. $2.5 billion and a guarantee that at least Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told reporters as he Across the world almost 15.5 million people have been infected by the coronavirus but as the rate of infections has eased $1.4 billion in assets acquired with visited a school in Mechref, south of Beirut, on the across much of Europe, governments have loosened some restrictions. misappropriated funds would be recovered, it said. third and final day of his trip to Lebanon. That unleashing of pent-up demand pushed IHS Markit’s flash Composite Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), seen as a “This settlement represents assets that rightfully The French financial assistance will go to a good indicator of the bloc’s economic health, to 54.8 in July from June’s final reading of 48.5, its highest since mid-2018 and belong to the Malaysian people,” Finance network of over 50 French and Francophone well ahead of the 51.1 forecast in a Reuters poll. Minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz said. schools in the country. “The sharp rise... is an encouraging sign that the economic recovery continued at a decent pace. But we suspect that activity “We are confident that we are securing more The announcement comes a day after Le Drian will remain below pre-crisis levels for at least the next couple of years,” said Jack Allen-Reynolds at Capital Economics. money from Goldman Sachs compared to previous scolded Lebanon’s leadership for failing to take the The headline index had been below the 50 mark which separates growth from contraction since March so a return to positive attempts, which were far below expectations.” measures he said are necessary to save the country territory will be welcomed by policymakers and governments who have pumped trillions of euros into the economy. Malaysia had charged Goldman and several from collapse. European Union leaders agreed a 750 billion euro (683 billion pounds) pandemic recovery fund on Tuesday and with European of its former and current employees over the Lebanon’s education sector has been hit hard by Central Bank monetary policy expected to stay ultra-loose for a long time, optimism about the year ahead improved. scandal, claiming the bank made misleading the crisis, with schools forced to let teachers and Markets are still expecting a V-shaped recovery - as are some economists - but while Friday’s data indicated a bounceback statements to investors. administrators go and many facing the risk of of sorts, it is unlikely to support those views. But in a statement, Goldman said the agreement closure. Parents, struggling to pay private school “A V-shaped recovery seems quite unrealistic, despite the encouraging numbers,” said Bert Colijn at ING. French business resolves “all the criminal and regulatory fees, are increasingly enrolling their children in activity rebounded far more than expected as a post-lockdown recovery in the service sector shifted up a gear, PMI data showed. proceedings in Malaysia involving the firm”. already overcrowded public schools. Manufacturing activity in Germany stabilized, avoiding a contraction for the first time in 19 months, giving hope for a “Today’s settlement is an important step The economic crisis has impacted almost all facets recovery from a long recession exacerbated by the pandemic. Meanwhile towards putting the 1MDB matter behind us of life in Lebanon, a small Mediterranean country British businesses, outside the euro zone, experienced the fastest upturn in five and will help enable the Malaysian long considered a middle-income state. Since last years during July as more of the economy reopened and shoppers pushed their government to move forward with additional year, unemployment has risen and poverty deepened, spending back up to within a whisker of pre-lockdown levels. recovery efforts,” it said. as foreign currency dried up and the local currency Official data showed Britain’s economy shrank more than 25% in March and A former Goldman partner, Tim Leissner, tumbled to lose more than 80 percent of its value April, and recovered less than expected in May. A Reuters poll this week suggested has previously pleaded guilty in the U.S. over against the dollar. the economy would contract more than 9% this year. his part in the controversy. Le Drian, who arrived here late Wednesday, said As demand increased, euro zone firms cut their headcount at a shallower rate A Malaysian former managing director at the France could only help Lebanon face the crisis if and purchasing managers were at their most optimistic since February, bank, Ng Chong Hwa, has also been charged in Lebanese officials do their part, urging them to just before Europe began to feel the full brunt of the pandemic. the US and Malaysia over the scandal. introduce much-needed reforms. SUNDAY JULY 26, 2020 WORLD NEWS IRAN NEWS 7

TEHRAN (IRNA) - The Asian soccer federation (AFC) has put Tim Cahill (Australia), Igor Shkvyrin (Uzbekistan), Zheng Zhi Ali Daei on a list of legends that went back to where it all started (China), Shunsuke Nakamura (Japan), and Sun Jihai (China) are seen Ali Daei Among to cap off their careers. on the list. The AFC named Daei “one of the biggest names” of Asian The AFC named eight Asian soccer icons that were successful in soccer, and added, “Ali Daei was already 27 when he departed foreign leagues and then again in their own countries’ leagues. Persepolis for Qatari outfit Al Sadd, but he was only a fraction of the AFC Legends Ali Daei (Iran), Younis Mahmoud (Iraq), Roda Antar (Lebanon), way to establishing the legendary figures he is known for today.”

Bounceback in U.S. Shale Oil Output Iranians Never Succumbs... FROM PAGE 1 Is Unlikely to Last the Summer Emphasizing that we need two important elements, Rouhani reiterated: “The first element is hope for the future. Despair must disappear. If despair pervades society, there HOUSTON (Reuters) - A reopening of some major economies locked down due to will be no success, so we must always eye on the future for the coronavirus has lifted global oil prices and encouraged U.S. shale producers to the solutions, and we know that sooner or later, the future is return at least a third of the 2 million barrels per day (bpd) curtailed since April. right. Another element is proper tact, accounting, and But that bump in output is unlikely to be sustained as shale wells lose up to half their initial planning to overcome problems and difficulties. output after the first year, and require constant drilling to maintain and increase production. The President said that today the medical staff, on With most new drilling halted and OPEC relaxing curbs that have underpinned the oil-price the one hand, and the production staff the distribution, recovery, shale output will slide again in autumn, said oil executives and analysts. transportation and cargo shipment staff, cultural staff, Shale output falls off faster than at conventional oil wells, a factor that will lead to etc., on the other hand, all joined hands, noting: “If it output declining by September. were not for one of these staff, we could not go Average U.S. daily oil output will fall below 2019’s record 12.2 million barrels per forward. If there were no production staff and we day (bpd) for the next two to three years, analysts said. intended to buy masks, medical equipment, and The decline means further economic damage from an industry that contributed medicine from abroad, first and foremost, they would nearly 1 percentage point to U.S. GDP early last decade. U.S. pipeline and oil not sell it to us, and last but not least, in addition to export-terminal projects have been delayed or canceled as shale production forecasts unwarranted promises, it would not be clear after how have been cut. “You shut down like this, reduce activity like this, and it is going to long and at what price, they would give it to us.” be felt for a while,” David Dell’Osso, chief operating officer of shale producer Rouhani said that all the cadres who should be on the Parsley Energy (PE.N) said in an interview. scene have taken on their special and heavy responsibilities, Parsley Energy’s plans mirror that of many shale rivals that have begun reopening noting: “Despite sanctions and high prices, we do not see existing wells but tightly restricting new activity. It had planned to operate 15 drilling such acute and critical problems, and the government is rigs this year, but halted work in the spring as oil demand shrank on pandemic-related “If you don’t continue to bring new wells onstream, you will fly off the back of this helping as much as possible. We have done everything that business closings. This month, the company restarted drilling with two rigs, not enough treadmill,” said Raoul LeBlanc, vice president for North American unconventionals at data comes to our mind, our ministers, and other forces’ minds.” to maintain existing production levels. Keeping output flat would take four to five rigs, provider IHS Markit. In June, just 155 rigs were working in the top four shale basins, and so Rouhani said, “This year, using masks and observing which it may edge toward later this year, Dell’Osso said. far in July, that number is down to 145, said petroleum geologist and consultant Art Berman. physical distancing by mourners, and not gathering in a Diamondback Energy, one of the top U.S. shale producers, reopened most of its “That is well below the approximately 600 required to sustain production from place is a part of the gloriousness of Imam Hussein’s curtailed wells this month. It expects to pump about 180,000 bpd this year, down those fields at the 2019 average level of 6.8 million bpd, which corresponds to 12.2 (PBUH) mourning ritual.” The high ranking official from 188,000 bpd last year. The reason: its rig count fell from 20 at the end of March million bpd average U.S. crude + condensate production in 2019,” Berman said. stressed that the mourning ceremony should be held in a to just seven by mid-July, and is expected to be six by the end of the month. The outlook for new drilling, even with oil prices now double that of April, remains way that it not only does not give a pretext to the enemies Much of the shale production curtailments came from shale wells that were choked bleak with oilfield companies slashing their staff and budgets. This month, BJ but also makes Iran a model for other countries and Shias back but not shut-in completely, several shale company executives said. Services and Hi-Crush, two of the largest fracking and frac-sand suppliers, filed for who hold Imam Hussein’s (PBUH) mourning ceremony. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies’ decision to protection from creditors. return 2 million bpd to global markets beginning next month will likely keep a lid In Texas, new drilling permits fell 69% in June from a year earlier. North Dakota last Washington Fails... on prices and leave less room for shale. The group known as OPEC+ agreed to month reported 405,000 bpd of production shut-ins. Wyoming, the eighth-largest U.S. oil production cuts of 7.7 million bpd through December. producing state, in late June reported no rigs at work, the first time since at least 1992. FROM PAGE 1 However, OPEC+ cautioned that a second wave of COVID-19 infections could halt “No one is going to have the staff or the rigs over the next year to increase its plan to further ease constraints next year, officials said. The cuts since May have production,” said Ryan Sitton, commissioner with Texas’s oil and gas regulator. China is the world’s second largest economy because more than doubled benchmark Brent crude to about $44 a barrel, from $20 in April. “We’ve never had this few rigs running.” of its economic position over the past 20 years, and if OPEC’s ability to add more oil to global markets “is why we’re not reactivating at Outside of shale fields, U.S. oil output also has dropped as higher-cost, older wells it continues to do so, it will become the world’s nearly the level before,” Parsley’s Dell’Osso said. shut. An estimated 200,000 bpd from these so-called stripper wells was halted as prices largest economy, he added. This year’s oil price collapse led the 25 largest public U.S. producers to cut capital crashed and an undetermined amount will never return to production, said analysts. Khoshroo said that Iran could be a major trading spending plans by 47%, and idle more than 75% of U.S. drilling rigs since last year, These aging wells are costly to maintain and face technical challenges to resume production, partner for China, given its rich oil and gas reserves according to data firm Enverus. As rig counts continue to slide to all-time lows, a unlike shale wells which have little impact by being curtailed for short periods, said Bernadette as well as petrochemicals. Noting that China, with its return to record high levels of output is likely to take years due to the sharp, natural Johnson, vice president at data firm Enverus. “The shut-ins have been dramatic, and some high financial strength, can invest in large projects in decline rates of shale wells. Some analysts refer to it as the treadmill effect, meaning may be permanent,” said Patrick Montalban, a Montana producer and treasurer of the Iran, he said that “One Belt-One Road” project can producers must keep drilling just to remain in place. National Stripper Well Association, which represents owners of these aged wells. bring Iran-China relations closer, both by land and by water. Therefore, the strategy of cooperation between the two countries is a great opportunity for 25 years. Over the past 20 years, China has made tremendous Latin America Tops strides in various fields of industry, technology and Cycling Industry Out-Pedaled by Demand knowledge-based sectors, and is now the largest exporter Four Million to the European Union, the United States, Germany and PARIS (AFP) - Cycling is 81 percent year-on-year to Japan, he added. On the other hand, due to Iran’s position in Coronavirus Cases booming across the globe $1.1 billion (950 million euros) having strategic oil and gas reserves and its position in the MONTEVIDEO (AFP) - More than four million as people seek to avoid in May, according to People Persian Gulf, this memorandum is such that Iran can have a coronavirus cases have been recorded in Latin crowded buses and trains for Bikes, a coalition of very wide cooperation with China, Khoshroo said. America and the Caribbean, half of them in Brazil, on their commute in the manufacturers and retailers. He cited industrial, energy, financial, monetary and according to an AFP tally based on official figures. wake of the coronavirus But in addition to runaway banking sectors as areas where the two countries could The region passed the bleak milestone as Brazil pandemic -- or get back demand from the end further expand their cooperation. He went on to say that reported a daily record of 67,860 new coronavirus into shape after long consumer, lockdowns have one of the reasons the United States opposes China is that cases Wednesday. Latin America is one of the months of lockdown. made it difficult for European they have come to the conclusion that China, with its hardest-hit regions in the world, with 4,040,925 recorded But with bicycle sales and U.S. manufacturers to current move, will become the world’s leading economy cases and 172,886 people killed by COVID-19. exploding in many obtain parts. in five years and surpass the United States in a century. That is the highest caseload of any region except countries, the craze has left The Confederation of the The United States opposes the cooperation between North America, and the highest death toll of any manufacturers and retailers European Bicycle Industry Iran and China, as it believes that with this agreement region except Europe. out-pedaled by demand. (CONEBI) estimates that and the increase in the level of cooperation, the Brazil alone has registered 2.2 million cases and In Paris, where mayor Anne Hidalgo has been 45 to 50 percent of parts for all bikes sold in Europe Islamic Republic of Iran will further expand its ties 82,771 deaths, the second-biggest outbreak in the working hard to put cycling on the map, vastly are imported from Asia. with the international community. world after the United States. increasing the number of bike lanes in recent years, Moreno Fioravanti, secretary general of the European Khoshroo noted that Iran-China’s cooperation is Although many Latin American countries have would-be buyers often have to wait weeks for a Bicycle Manufacturers’ Association (EBMA), said the strategic, and the US has failed to isolate Iran. begun relaxing stay-at-home measures, the virus is brand new ride. industry has “lost three months of production of still spreading quickly across much of the region. “For three or four weeks now, I’ve had a dozen or components, and our stockpiles were used up in only Peru, Mexico and Chile are also on the list of the top so clients waiting. And I’ve had to return money to two months”. Lebanon Health Minister to Pursue 10 countries by total cases, with well over 300,000 each. a few because I simply have no idea when I’ll have Pancho Pimentel, marketing chief for Summit Bicycles, Mexico’s death toll has surged to become the bikes for them,” independent Paris retailer Federico which has five stores in California, said “there are U.S. Harassment of Iran Airliner fourth-highest in the world, at 40,400. Mosca told AFP. shortages everywhere, from bike brands to parts”. The country surpassed Italy on Sunday, and now has One customer, 31-year-old Nicolas, said he had Cycling “works off of a global supply chain that has TEHRAN (MNA) – Hamd Hasan said that the Health more victims than anywhere but the United States, visited eight different shops before getting lucky. been interrupted due to COVID-19 and its consequences Ministry of Lebanon will file a lawsuit in international Brazil and Britain. Even then, he was forced to bust his budget and buy a are being seen in every category”, he said. institutions on behalf of Mahan flight passengers Worldwide, the virus has infected more than more expensive model because the cheaper bike he According to CONEBI, 7.3 million bikes and e-bikes threatened by the US disgraceful attack. 15 million people and killed nearly 625,000 since it wanted was sold out. were imported into Europe last year, principally from During a visit to the injuries of the U.S. criminal emerged in China late last year. “I was looking for a specific bike and had given myself Taiwan and Cambodia. threat to Mahan flight passengers at Rasool Azam Brazil in particular has struggled to set a strategy for a month to buy one, but it’s not available anywhere,” The world’s leading manufacturer, Taiwan-based Giant, hospital in Beirut, Dr. Hamd Hasan wished a speedy responding to the pandemic. he said. saw its European sales increase by 140 percent year-on-year recovery for them and condemned the attack by two President Jair Bolsonaro faces criticism for Leading retail chain Decathlon said it also has in June, driven in particular by sales of e-bikes. American fighter jets on an Iranian civilian plane downplaying the virus and attacking social distancing waiting lists, but can refurbish second-hand bikes for Its order-book is full until the first half of next year flying over Beirut in Syria, calling it an act of measures adopted by state and local authorities. impatient customers. and it is similarly optimistic for the second half. “criminal intimidation”. The far-right leader, who has regularly hit the streets French bicycle sales doubled in May and June However, CONEBI’s director general, Manuel He stressed that the Health Ministry of Lebanon mask-less for rallies by his supporters, has been in compared to the same months last year, according to the Marsilio, said the bike shortage was not as bad as some will file a lawsuit in international institutions on quarantine at the presidential palace since July 7 after sporting and cycling federation. people might suggest. behalf of all those who were both mentally and contracting the virus himself. Sales are booming in most countries around the world. “There was some shortage because of two months of physically frightened by the US disgraceful attack. His office announced Wednesday he had again tested Decathlon calculated that in Europe overall, sales lockdown, due to the fact that EU production stopped,” he said. “International criminal courts must take action over positive, saying he would continue his quarantine and “have increased two- and even threefold”. “But our bike industry is working very hard to fill the such attacks under international law and they should suspend his upcoming travel plans. In China, demand has increased fivefold since gap. It is a very positive thing that we have so many be responsible for protecting the lives of innocent Bolsonaro, 65, argues the economic fallout from lockdowns were eased. small and medium-sized makers all over Europe, who passenger planes” the minister stressed. stay-at-home measures could be worse than the virus itself, And in the U.S., sales of bikes have exploded, with are very flexible. Elsewhere in his remarks, he announced that three and is instead pushing the unproven malaria drugs online purchases alone skyrocketing in May by 5,000 “Most EU producers will continue to work also in of the injured in the airstrike have been released from chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine as remedies, percent over the figure for the same month last year. July and August, so there won’t be a halt in the the hospital, and one has undergone surgery and his following in the footsteps of US President Donald Trump. Overall U.S. sales, both online and in-store, jumped by summer,” he said. treatment is continuing. Vinales, Rossi Lead Licence Holder: Sokhan Gostar Institute Zanardi Returning to Switchboard: E-Mail Address: Practice Runs (+98) (21) 44253448 [email protected] ISSN 1024-6053 Intensive Care in Milan ADRID (Dispatches) - Yamaha rider Maverick Vinales and Public Relations Tel: OME (Reuters) - Italian former Formula One driver P.O. 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8 IRAN NEWS SPORTS SUNDAY JULY 26, 2020 Nadal Reveals Henderson Crowned Football Writers’ How He Disconnects Player of the Year ONDON (AFP) - Liverpool captain From Tennis LJordan Henderson was named the Football Writers’ Association player of the year on Friday for leading the Reds ADRID (Dispatches) - Spanish superstar Rafael Nadal has been one of the most to their first league title in 30 years. Msuccessful tennis players ever. He has achieved so much in the sport thanks to his The 30-year-old beat Manchester City’s training regime, which includes a lot of physical exercises. In a recent interview, he talked Kevin De Bruyne, Manchester United about this and also how he disconnects from his routines. forward Marcus Rashford and teammates In recent tweets by the Pl4Nets Wellbeing Summit (translated using Google translate), Virgil Van Dijk and Sadio Mane to the prize. Rafael Nadal talked about physical exercise and how it’s good for every single person. As well as making his presence felt in 30 The Spaniard said, Premier League games this season as “The body feeling and satisfaction after having done a physical exercise is very positive. Liverpool have surged to the title with an It not only helps you at the health level but also at the level of happiness. “ tournaments in China for this year, including the flagship WTA Finals, in the wake of the 18-point lead at the top of the table, Henderson Rafa clearly does a lot of physical exercise as part of his training routine. But, like any country’s ban on international sporting events due to the COVID-19 pandemic. led by example off the pitch during football’s other player, he also needs to relax and disconnect from his routine. Rafa went on to talk The General Administration of Sport, China’s highest sporting body, announced two weeks three-month shutdown due to coronavirus. about how he does this. ago that only trial events for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics would be held in 2020. He spearheaded the PlayersTogether “When I can go out to sea is when I disconnect more. Also the simple fact of visiting The ATP and WTA had held out hope of getting exemptions for their events as they tried initiative during the lockdown which friends, coming home and having the feeling of being one more.” to play as many tournaments as possible in an already heavily disrupted season but saw players team up with to raise money While Rafa clearly loves relaxing out at sea, his main focus right now will be on training. This released statements conceding defeat within minutes of each other. for Britain’s National Health Service. is because the Tour is returning very soon and ATP has come out with a grueling schedule. “We are extremely disappointed that our world-class events in China will not take place “I accept it on behalf of this whole squad, Events will be played almost every week following the resumption of the season, and the two this year,” WTA Chief Executive Steve Simon said in a statement. because without them I’m not in a position remaining Grand Slams, US Open and French Open, will be played in the same month. The WTA had seven tournaments in China in its provisional calendar for the remainder to be receiving this honour. These lads have Many are expecting Rafa to skip the US Open in favor of the French Open. While he hasn’t of 2020, including the season-ending WTA Finals. The Tour resumes on Aug. 3 after five made me a better player, a better leader and confirmed this, the last few weeks have months with the Palermo Open in Sicily. a better person,” said Henderson. Premier League indicated it, as he was seen practicing on a clay The ATP have cancelled the Shanghai Masters, Asia’s only ATP Masters 1000 “If anything I hope those who voted for court. Many want to see Rafa play both Slams tournament, the China Open in Beijing, an ATP 500 event, as well as the Chengdu Open me did so partly to recognise the entire 2020-21 Season to but there’s a good chance it may not happen. and Zhuhai Championships, ATP 250 events. team’s contribution.” Kick Off on September 12 Meanwhile the two main tennis tours on “It’s with a heavy heart that we announce ATP tournaments will not be played in China As well as the top five, 10 other players Friday cancelled all of their remaining this year,” said ATP Chairman Andrea Gaudenzi. received votes from FWA members. ONDON (Reuters) - The 2020-21 LEnglish Premier League season will begin on Sept. 12 and the final round of matches will be held on May 23, the league announced on Friday. Mourinho Hoping to End Transfer The new season, originally scheduled to begin on Aug. 8, has been delayed this year after the Premier League suspended Window With Balanced Squad the 2019-20 season for three months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ONDON (Reuters) - Tottenham Hotspur we have is a very important thing. The current season will end with a final Lmanager Jose Mourinho believes the “But we cannot react to what our opponents can do and what we cannot do. We have no round of fixtures on Sunday, giving club will approach the close-season transfer doubts about what we need.” teams about seven weeks to prepare for window with a clear sense of direction A win against Crystal Palace in the final game of the season on Sunday may not be the next campaign. and resist the temptation to compete with enough for seventh-placed Spurs to secure a Europa League qualification spot. However, teams still competing in the high-spending rivals. For Spurs to guarantee a European spot, they must leapfrog Wolves into sixth-place with Champions League and Europa League Premier League clubs will be able to start the hope that they drop points against Chelsea. will have less time to prepare should signing players when the window opens on Monday, but British media reported Mourinho If they are to reach Europe’s second-tier competition with a seventh-placed finish, Spurs they advance deeper into the knockout will have limited funds to strengthen his Spurs squad. must again depend on Chelsea to beat Arsenal in the FA Cup final next month. stages, with the finals of the two “We’ll be very calm, organised, measured, thinking of everything,” Mourinho told a “We have a couple of possibilities of playing in Europe next season but it’s in the hands competitions to be held on Aug. 23 and news conference on Friday. of others,” Mourinho added. Aug. 21 respectively. “Step by step we’ll end with a better, more balanced squad, and keeping the great players “The only thing we can do is beat Palace and add three more points to our tally.” The new season kicks off after the international break with European soccer’s governing body UEFA announcing last month that Nations League matches would be played between Sept. 3-8. Klopp: Guardiola Hails The Premier League also added that they would continue to consult with the Football Association (FA) and the We Are English Football League (EFL) regarding Incredible De Bruyne the scheduling of domestic competitions. Support Slides Not Arrogant After FWA Award Snub For Pandemic-Hit ONDON (AFP) - Liverpool manager ONDON (Reuters) - Manchester City Tokyo Olympics LJurgen Klopp has hit back at his Lmanager Pep Guardiola believes Kevin De Chelsea counterpart Frank Lampard by Bruyne’s impact on the Premier League cannot OKYO (Reuters) - Several dozen suggesting the Blues boss still has a lot to be overstated after the Belgian playmaker was Tprotesters in masks gathered in front of learn after branding the new English snubbed for the Football Writers’ Association’s Japan’s National Stadium on Friday, the day champions “arrogant.” (FWA) Footballer of the Year award. the Olympic Games should have begun, to During Liverpool’s 5-3 win between the sides on Wednesday, Lampard became embroiled De Bruyne, who has recorded 11 goals and 19 assists in the league this season, finished protest against holding them next year given in a row with Klopp’s assistant Pepijn Lijnders over a foul that led to the free-kick from runner-up to Liverpool’s title winning captain Jordan Henderson in the annual FWA vote. the danger of the novel coronavirus. which Trent Alexander-Arnold scored to make it 2-0. “I think (Kevin) speaks for himself what he gives to our team,” Guardiola told a news The Games were postponed in March “Fair play to Liverpool Football Club, they’ve won the league, but also don’t get too conference on Friday. “It’s not necessary to say how fantastic Kevin is. At the same time, as the coronavirus swept the world and arrogant with it,” Lampard said in a post-match interview. congratulations to the captain at Liverpool. the government is determined that they Klopp rejected that suggestion and said Lampard should learn to let any confrontations “I would love for Kevin to score goals but he enjoys making assists too. go ahead next year. But there’s growing during the 90 minutes go at full time. “You cannot hit me and my bench with something “The numbers are incredible, not just this season but also the year when we won the league opposition in Japan to holding the like that because we are not arrogant,” said Klopp. with 100 points (in 2018). He was incredible and I will never forget how he played.” Games, even next year, over doubts that “Frank was obviously in a really competitive mood and I respect that a lot. From my Sunday’s home match against Norwich City will be David Silva’s final league game in a a big sporting event can be held safely. point of view in this sort of situation you can say pretty much what you want. For me, after Manchester City shirt. “I believe it’s a massive mistake,” said Kai the game it is completely over. Guardiola described Silva’s 10-year spell at the Etihad Stadium as “extraordinary” Toyama, 44, an artist who travelled from the “I said a lot in the past because it is pure emotion, he came here to win the game or after the influential Spanish midfielder helped the club win four league titles, two FA Cups and suburbs of Tokyo to attend the small rally. get a point, to make Champions League qualification, and I respect that a lot. five League Cups.